Cantrill

Cantrill

1851 Census

Name	Relationship	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
CANTRILL Thomas	Head	38	Lead Miner	Reeth
CANTRILL Grace	Wife	42		Redmire
CANTRILL Thomas W.	Son	3		Reeth
CANTRILL Margaret	Daughter	2		Redmire

Thomas Cantrill was baptized 19 July 1812 in Grinton, the child of George Cantrill (his mother was probably Hannah Blenkiron). He married Grace Walker, (the daughter of William Walker and Margaret Horner, baptized 11 December 1808) in July 1845 (banns read at Redmire), and had two children:

Thomas William: baptized (unknown)
Margaret: baptized 21 January 1849, Redmire

1861 Census

In 1861, we see Thomas' family growing up, still the only Cantrill family in Redmire.

Name	Relationship	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
CANTRILL Thomas	Head, Married	48	Lead Miner	Reeth
CANTRILL Grace	Wife, Married	52		Reeth
CANTRILL Thomas William	Son	13	Scholar	Reeth
CANTRILL Margaret	Daughter	12		Redmire

1871 Census

In 1871, young Thomas had followed his father into the lead mining industry.

Name	Relationship	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
CANTRILL Thomas	Head, Married	58	Lead Miner	Reeth
CANTRILL Grace	Wife, Married	62		Redmire
CANTRILL Thomas	Son	23	Lead ore washer	Reeth
CANTRILL Margaret	Daughter	22		Redmire

1881 Census

By 1881, Grace is a widow:

Name	Relationship	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
CANTRILL Grace	Head, Widow	Dependent	Redmire
CANTRILL Thomas Wm.	Son, Unmarried	33	Lead Miner	Reeth
CANTRILL Margaret	Daughter, Unmarried	32	Dressmaker	Redmire

Her husband Thomas was buried Redmire 29 September 1879, although no headstone (if one existed) survives. The parish register notes that he was killed in a quarry at Bolton Hall Wood.

By 1881 another Cantrill family had moved to Redmire and was living at Wood End:

Name	Relationship	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
CANTRILL Ralph	Head, Widow	58	Farmer of 178 Acres	Grinton
CANTRILL Elizabeth Harriet	Daughter, Unmarried	27	Housekeeper	Grinton
CANTRILL Godfrey	Son, Unmarried	Farmer's Son	Grinton
CANTRILL Esther	Daughter, Unmarried	14	Scholar	Grinton

Ralph Cantrill was the son of Ralph and Jane, baptized 18 May 1822 in Grinton. He was widowed from his wife Elizabeth Harriet, nee Shields, who was baptized 1 February 1829 in Gunnerside, the daughter of William and Hannah Shields. Elizabeth died in 1869, in Winterings. Together they had ten children, including Godfrey and Esther seen above:

Ralph: born 1845, died 1858
Jane: born 1848
Elizabeth: born 1850
Mary: born 1852
Elizabeth Harriet: born 1853
Godfrey: born 1855 died 1923
Sarah Hannah: born 1858
Ralph: born 1859 died 1861
Ralph: born 1861 died 1877
Ester: born 1867 died 1933

1891 Census

Grace is last seen on the 1891 census before reaching the unfortunate end of being burnt to death, and buried in Redmire 11 April 1898:

Name	Relationship	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
CANTRILL Grace	Head, Widow	82		Redmire
CANTRILL Thomas	Son, Unmarried	43	Stone-breaker	Reeth
CANTRILL Margaret	Daughter, Unmarried	41	Dressmaker	Redmire

Ralph is still living in the village in 1891:

Name	Relationship	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
CANTRILL Ralph	Head, Widower	68	Farmer	Gunnerside
CANTRILL Godfrey	Son, Unmarried	35	Farmer	Gunnerside
CANTRILL Esther	Daughter, Unmarried	25	Housekeeper	Gunnerside
RUTTER Ralph C.	Grandson	13	Farm Servant	Gunnerside

His daughter Elizabeth Harriet is also on the Redmire 1891 census, as the wife of David Stringer-Calvert. Ralph Cantrill Rutter is the son of John Hilton Rutter and Ralph's daughter, Sarah Hannah Cantrill, and was born 27 April 1877 in Gunnerside.

1901 Census

In 1901, the two Cantrill families that moved from Swaledale are still represented by two unmarried households:

Name	Relationship	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
CANTRILL Thomas W	Head, Unmarried	53	Lime filler stone	Redmire
CANTRILL Margaret	Sister, Unmarried	52	Dressmaker	Redmire

Name	Relationship	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
CANTRILL Godfrey	Head, Unmarried	45	Farmer	Melbeck
CANTRILL Esther	Sister, Unmarried	34	Housekeeper	Melbeck

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